Highlights Fake streams! Playlist manipulation! Fake artists! There’s a lot of buzz about it, but what does this look like in the data? Mission Good morning, it’s Jason here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Friday, June 28th, 2019. Enter the World of Streaming Manipulation Last week’s streaming code of conduct was signed by more than 2...
Jun 28, 2019•4 min•Season 1Ep. 70
Highlights Follow us down to the trigger cities of Southeast Asia where their Shazam, Spotify, and YouTube charts have some big implications for tour strategy and catalog exploitation. Mission Good morning, it’s Rutger here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Thursday, June 27th, 2019. Trigger Cities in Southeast Asia On our blog this wee...
Jun 27, 2019•5 min•Season 1Ep. 69
Highlights Soccer fans unite: the 2019 Women’s World Cup has been happening in France all month, but what are U.S. team’s biggest stars listening to as they head into the quarterfinals? Mission Good morning, it’s Jason here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Wednesday, June 26, 2019. Playlisting the Women’s World Cup The World Cup defend...
Jun 26, 2019•3 min•Season 1Ep. 68
Highlights Sunday’s BET Awards had winners, losers, and everything in between. Here’s the data behind the biggest moments. Mission Good morning, it’s Rutger here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Tuesday, June 25, 2019. The Data Behind the BET Awards Now that the dust has settled from Sunday’s BET Awards, let’s look at the data behind t...
Jun 25, 2019•4 min•Season 1Ep. 67
Highlights In just over a year, King Princess has gone from 10 Spotify playlists to more than 1,000 and 5,000 Twitter followers to more than 100,000. Now, they’re on Mark Ronson’s new track, “Pieces of Us.” Mission Good morning, it’s Rutger here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Monday, June 24, 2019. New Music Friday Monday: the Royal ...
Jun 24, 2019•3 min•Season 1Ep. 66
Highlights Following a panel including Beggars Group’s Martin Mills and Kill Rock Star’s Portia Sabin, we’re looking at artists on their rosters and asking, “What makes them two of indie music’s longest lasting labels?” Mission Good morning, it’s Jason here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists, and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Friday, June 21, 2019. A2IM Indie Week, Day 4...
Jun 21, 2019•3 min•Season 1Ep. 65
2019-06-20 // A2IM Indie Week, Day 3: Reeperbahn Festival Highlights Hamburg’s Reeperbahn Festival is presenting seven different acts on Day 3 of A2IM’s Indie Week, and we will check out how they’re doing in the data world. Mission Good morning, it’s Rutger here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists, and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Thursday, June 20, 2019. A2IM Indie Week...
Jun 20, 2019•3 min•Season 1Ep. 64
2019-06-19 // A2IM Indie Week, Day 2: Spotify’s Indie Curators Highlights Spotify and major label curators always move the needle, but with Day 2 of A2IM’s Indie Week in the bag, we’re looking at important indies of the bunch. Mission Good morning, it’s Rutger here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists, and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Wednesday, June 19, 2019. A2IM Indie ...
Jun 19, 2019•2 min•Season 1Ep. 63
Highlights We’re on the road! We’re at A2IM’s Indie Week in New York City, Day 1 is over and my feet hurt. Mission Good morning, it’s Jason here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Tuesday, June 18, 2019. A2IM Indie Week, Day 1 Hi all, Jason reporting from New York City and this will admittedly be a quick one. Day 1 of Indie Week is over,...
Jun 18, 2019•3 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Highlights We’re on the road! We’re at A2IM’s Indie Week in New York City and so we’ll publish our music data-related thoughts and experiences for you starting in tomorrow’s episode in case you can’t make it. But for today, we’ll celebrate the indie community on Amazon Music with an indie-focused New Music Friday Monday! Mission Good morning, it’s Jason here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest ...
Jun 17, 2019•3 min•Season 1Ep. 61
Highlights Do you know what a playback singer is? Or how about that Mexican Norteño music has German polka in it? I sure didn’t, but our A&R tool did! Mission Good morning, it’s Jason here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Friday, June 14th, 2019. Found on Friday: 4 Indian Playback Singers and 2 Norteño Bandas So checking into our A...
Jun 14, 2019•4 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Highlights It’s time to hit the road again, so we’re heading down south to trigger city São Paulo, Brazil. What makes it such an important global music marketplace? Mission Good morning, it’s Rutger here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Thursday, June 13th, 2019. Excursion Thursday: Trigger City São Paulo, Brazil We’re hitting the road...
Jun 13, 2019•3 min•Season 1Ep. 59
Highlights Special interview episode today: Does data science scare you? Does it keep you up at night when you hear or read about it at a panel or on some podcast, and you think to yourself, “I have no idea what they are talking about.” Rest easy and let Chartmetric’s Resident Data Scientist assuage your fears. How do you measure artist success across multiple streaming, social and other Internets platforms? We might have something for you. Mission Good morning, it’s Jason and Josh here at Chart...
Jun 12, 2019•33 min•Season 1Ep. 58
2019-06-11 // Technique Tuesday: DJ Khaled vs. Tyler, the Creator Highlights DJ Khaled is taking on Billboard’s charting calculations and Tyler, the Creator is caught in the crossfire. So, how do the two artists stack up in the streaming world? Mission Good morning, it’s Rutger here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists, and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Tuesday, June 11th,...
Jun 11, 2019•4 min•Season 1Ep. 57
Highlights Shazam isn’t just in the music fingerprinting and identification game — it’s also playlisting on Apple Music with Shazam Recommends: Best New Music. Mission Good morning, it’s Jason here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Monday, June 10, 2019. New Music Friday Monday: Shazam’s Best New Music Recommendations … on Apple Music? ...
Jun 10, 2019•3 min•Season 1Ep. 56
Highlights It’s Found on Friday, and we’re using Spotify playlist adds and reach to introduce you to a tropical DJ from Spain, an American lo-fi beats producer and an Irish singer-songwriter with literary flair. Mission Good morning, it’s Jason here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Friday, June 7th, 2019. Found on Friday: Playlist Reac...
Jun 07, 2019•4 min•Season 1Ep. 55
2019-06-06 // Excursion Thursday: Honoring D-Day With Popular Normandy Locals in Rouen, France Highlights It’s Excursion Thursday, and in honor of D-Day, we’re heading to Rouen, France, to see which Normandy locals are the most popular right now. Mission Good morning, it’s Rutger here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Thursday, June 6th...
Jun 06, 2019•3 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Highlights Special interview episode: Why and how does city-centric music data help out the business? Mission Good morning, it’s Jason and Komala here at Chartmetric usually with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists, and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Wednesday, June 5th, 2019. City-Level Music Data with Chartmetric software engineer Komala Prabhu And after all that, you now have app.chartmetr...
Jun 05, 2019•24 min•Season 1Ep. 53
2019-06-04 // Charting the End of iTunes Highlights In the wake of Apple’s announcement that it will end the iTunes digital download as we know it, we’re scanning the iTunes Charts to see what, if anything, will be lost. Mission Good morning, it’s Rutger here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists, and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Tuesday, June 4th, 2019. Charting the End o...
Jun 04, 2019•3 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Highlights It’s New Music Friday Monday, and we’re checking out some do-it-yourself artists on Deezer’s Radar Weekly playlist with 141K global fans. Mission Good morning, it’s Jason here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists, and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Monday, June 3rd, 2019. New Music Friday Monday: Deezer’s Radar Weekly DIY artists Welcome back to the work week! To...
Jun 03, 2019•3 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Highlights It’s Found on Friday, and we’re celebrating the big five-oh by unearthing some breaking artists according to social and Spotify follows. Mission Good morning, it’s Rutger here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Friday, May 31st, 2019. Found on Friday: A Dutch YouTube Personality, a Turkish Rocker, and Sisters in a Cover Band I...
May 31, 2019•4 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Highlights It’s Excursion Thursday, we’re teleporting to Tokyo, Japan, where local music matters for Spotify and Instagram, but not for Shazam. What does that say about public and private listening habits in Tokyo? Mission Good morning, it’s Jason here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Thursday, May 30th, 2019. Excursion Thursday: As Ja...
May 30, 2019•3 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Highlights It’s Winner Wednesday, and we’re scanning the top of the SoundCloud and QQ Music charts to see what moods are winning out on two very different streaming platforms. Mission Good morning, it’s Rutger here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Wednesday, May 29th, 2019. Winner Wednesday: Welcome back to this week’s Winner Wednesday...
May 29, 2019•4 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Highlights Major labels usually dominate top music playlists, but Apple’s Global Release Day playlist, Best of the Week, tells a different story. Mission Good morning, it’s Jason here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Tuesday, May 28th, 2019. New Music Friday Monday: Hope the American listeners enjoyed Memorial Day and those in the UK S...
May 28, 2019•3 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Highlights It’s Found on Friday, and we’re digging in with our A&R tool to find breaking artists based on YouTube Channel Views, and that’s important, because YouTube is technically the most popular streaming platform in the world. Mission Good morning, it’s Rutger again at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Friday, May 24th 2019. Found...
May 24, 2019•3 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Highlights Grab your passports, it’s Excursion Thursday, and we’re headed to Mumbai, India’s largest city and Spotify’s largest potential market. Mission Good morning, it’s Jason here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists, and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Thursday, May 23rd, 2019. Excursion Thursday: Mumbai On today’s Excursion Thursday, we’re taking off to India’s most po...
May 23, 2019•4 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Highlights It’s Winner Wednesday again, and we’re looking at who’s hot on the Spotify and Deezer charts to examine just how global Europe’s biggest streaming services are? Mission Good morning, it’s Jason here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists, and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019. Winner Wednesday: Deezer & Spotify...who's more global? On tod...
May 22, 2019•3 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Highlights This Technique Tuesday brings you a fresh way to take a bite out of your data by learning how to curate the curators, the streaming world’s sometimes mysterious movers and doers. Mission No, this isn’t Jason with a cold; it’s Chartmetric’s newest voice, Rutger Rosenborg, and I’m happy to be here uploading charts, artists, and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Tuesday, May 21st, 2019. Technique Tuesday: C...
May 21, 2019•5 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Highlights Amazon Music’s Brand New Music playlist features a few new Friday releases similar to Spotify and Apple, we’ve got the quick rundown for you Mission Good morning, it’s Jason here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Monday May 20th 2019. New Music Friday Monday: Amazon’s Brand New Music playlist It’s New Music Friday Monday and ...
May 20, 2019•3 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Highlights It’s Found on Friday: we dig up an American rapper, a Dutch DJ and Albanian pop star spiking in their Spotify Popularity Index. Mission Good morning, it’s Jason here at Chartmetric with your 3-minute Data Dump where we upload charts, artists and playlists into your brain so you can stay up on the latest in the music data world. Date This is your Data Dump for Friday May 17th 2019. Found on Friday: MAJ, Adam Brown & Xhensila It’s Found on Friday where we dip into our A&R tool t...
May 17, 2019•4 min•Season 1Ep. 41
